Gerrard got off to a dream start with Aston Villa, defeating Brighton 2-0 and then Crystal Palace 2-1 after taking office.

Man City soon decided the match when they led 2-0 right from the first half, thanks to a curling shot from Ruben Dias and a beautiful volley from Bernardo Silva.

Gerrard was overshadowed in his first battle with Guardiola.

Before the match, coach Guardiola lamented the emergency situation of Man City, when a number of key players were absent, forcing him to bring up many young players from the academy to register for round 14. In fact, Man City also

But the chemistry of the 11 starting players still helps Man City comfortably play their familiar style of controlled football, especially in the first half.

In the 27th minute, Man City’s squad advanced with 9 players present in one-third of the field in the opponent’s goal, and Raheem Sterling easily dribbled the ball from the left into the 16m50 box, down close to the goal line and then passed it back to Ruben Dias.

Dias’s curling shot in the situation when Man City opened the score.

Dias celebrates the first goal he scored for Man City in the Premier League this season.

In the goal to double the score in the 43rd minute, Man City stole the ball from the edge of the 16m50 home field, then quickly counterattacked.

Aston Villa fanned their hopes of earning points by shortening the score in the 47th minute. On the right corner kick, Watkins took advantage of Sterling not being marked to run diagonally to receive the ball and then finished with one touch into the near corner.

Gerrard’s helplessness on the touchline in the second half of the match.

Thanks to this victory, Man City continues to compete fiercely in the top 3, finishing second in the table, only one point behind Chelsea and one point ahead of Liverpool.